从《Gun Bros.》、《猎鹿人》、《Hero Project》等一系列iOS免费游戏中可以看出，手机游戏公司Glu Mobile的作品风格与走可爱路线的《FarmVille》等农场游戏截然不同。

游戏邦获悉，该公司最近又推出了一款这种硬核风格的新游戏《Contract Killer》，支持运行于iPhone和iPad平台，玩家在游戏中的任务就是手持狙击枪向目标扫射，然后赢得赏金。

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玩家的行动分为两步，首先就是射击，轻按屏幕上的任务提示，就可以获知任务内容，然后在地图上的五个地点中选择最佳位置，根据自己的任务要求，挑选不同的枪支和子弹。

你得在屏幕中来回移动枪口瞄准目标，然后点击瞄准器按钮，扣动扳机向对方开火。屏幕上有一个稳定按钮和发射按钮，以便玩家顺利完成任务。如果你可以更快更准地完成任务，那就可以得到更多赏金和经验值。

当然，玩家的主要目标是晋级，开启完整的20款武器，一路完成17项游戏任务，开启所有的地点和最佳位置。

加速游戏进程所需的道具是子弹、药品，以及提升能量的食物，你可以通过商店购买这些道具。这款游戏中有两种虚拟货币：cash和credits。credits主要用于购买食物，但有时购买某些武器也需要使用积分。

除了通过完成任务赢取虚拟货币之外，你还可以通过付费渠道购买虚拟货币。例如，花1.99美元就可以购买1.2万个cash，花50美元就可得到35万个cash；而30个credits的售价是1.99美元，360个credits的售价则是20美元。当然，如果你不想付费，就可以选择Tapjoy提供的广告服务，通过下载指定的应用，换取免费的credits。

除了固定的游戏任务之外，《Contract Killer》还提供了无数的限时性随机任务，如果你想快速获取这些任务，那就得为它们付费。

总体来说，虽然《Contract Killer》和其他免费游戏一样，鼓励玩家花钱买道具加速进程，但它提供的是开放式的游戏任务，可以让玩家获得更为舒心的游戏体验。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Glu Mobile shoots for hardcore iOS gamers with freemium hit Contract Killer

With the release of freemium games such as Gun Bros., Deer Hunter, and Hero Project, Glu Mobile has been offering iOS gamers something very different to the usual array of cute FarmVille-style clones.

It’s continuing the approach with its latest game Contract Killer.

As the title suggest, you play a man with a sniper rifle and a desire to earn cash by using it.

Down the barrel

The action is split into two areas. The first is the shooting, which sees you tapping on contacts to gain missions, then choosing vantage points around five locations on a map, and choosing different guns and bullets depending what you have to do.

You swipe across the screen to move your gun around, hitting the crosshairs button, when you’re pointing in roughly the correct direction, to look through your sight. There’s a steady button and a fire button to ensure you get the job done cleanly. You get more cash and XP depending on how well and quickly you complete missions.

Of course, the wider goal of the game is to level up, unlocking the complete armory of 20 weapons and working your way through the 17 Story missions, unlocking all the game’s locations and vantage points.

Hit points

Items you’ll require to progress are bullets, medikits and food to boost your energy, which are available from the store. To gain them, there are two types of in-game currency – cash and credits, with the latter mainly being used to buy food, although some weapons require them.

As well as earning currency, there’s the option of the exchange of your real cash for in-app currency – ranging from $12,000 of cash for $1.99 to $350,000 of cash for $50, or from 30 credits for $1.99 to 360 credits for $20. You can get free credits for downloading other apps via Tapjoy’s offerwall too.

In additional to the Story missions, there’s an endless supply of random missions, which work on a timed basis. If you want them faster than the game dishes them out, you have to buy them of course.

Still, despite being a freemium game that at some point will encourage you to spend money to speed your progress, the opening missions of Contract Killer seems fairly enjoyable and demand-free, at least for those who enjoy looking down the barrel of a gun.

Contract Killer is now available for iPhone and iPad as a universal app.（source:pocketgamer）